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Book SynopsisOne way to describe the importance of social policy is to say it''s about ''what is and what might be.'' This ethos is the driving force behind Chack-Kie Wong, Vai Io Lo, and Kwong-leung Tang''s China''s Urban Health Care Reform. Based on a study of a mid-level city in China, these three scholars provide analysis and offer theory-based recommendations on health care development. Using a comparative policy framework, supported by a legal expert''s knowledge of regulatory specifications, China''s Urban Health Care Reform argues that a strategy with priority in economic growth, as in the case of China, does not bring forth cost efficiency and equity in health care for the whole nation. Ultimately, Wong, Lo, and Tang strive to offer direction for health care reform that will lead to better health care in China''s cities. As a result, this is a work of great significance to anyone involved in public health, social work, public policy, medicine, or law.
Trade ReviewIntegrating theoretical, policy, and quantitative and qualitative perspectives, this rich and detailed study should be instrumental in bringing an important and relatively neglected topic to a wider audience. -- Martin Powell, University of Bath
Chack-kie Wong, Vai Io Lo, and Kwong-leung Tang, all highly regarded scholars of social policy in East Asia, especially China, have written the first English language assessment of urban health care reform in the world's most populous nation. The authors provide a window onto economic reform, rapid economic development, the Chinese state, policy reform, health care delivery and financing, and well-being and social conditions of China's urban population. This illuminating book is essential reading for anyone interested in economic and social development in China today. -- Michael Sherraden, director, Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Health Care in China Chapter 3 Health Insurance Reforms in China Chapter 4 Theoretical Approaches to Health Care Provision Chapter 5 Health Care Reform and Stakeholders' Opinions in Wuhan Chapter 6 Impact of Health Care Reform Chapter 7 Going Down the Road of Developmentalism: The Future of Health Care System in China
